We should have seen this coming

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May 2, 2014 at 2:00 AM

Every year that the Unitarian Church of Barnstable comes before the licensing authority for a one-day entertainment license to present an evening with British clairvoyant Brenda Cottingham, chairman Martin Hoxie can’t resist a little humor.

Patriot Staff

Every year that the Unitarian Church of Barnstable comes before the licensing authority for a one-day entertainment license to present an evening with British clairvoyant Brenda Cottingham, chairman Martin Hoxie can’t resist a little humor.

“Can you tell me if you’re going to get this approved?” he asked the church’s representative, Suzan Fellows, on April 28. Then Hoxie said, “This is the sixth year you’ve done this, and it’s six years I’ve said this. You must be pretty tired.”

The wary Hoxie added with a smile, “She’s pretty good, I hear. I’m not goin’.”

Later, Harold Fera of Rockwell Amusements & Promotions, got into the spirit when Hoxie asked him his expectations for the weather during his carnivals June 9 through 15 and July 13 to July 19 outside the Cape Cod Mall.

“Boy,” Fera said, “I should go to that fortune teller.”

Cottingham’s appearance is slated for Sept. 12 at the Unitarian Church.

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